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Liz Mitchell

"9X9"

Medium: Nine triangular shaped books are shown in a triangular shaped
box with the Plexiglas lid on. The books and bottom box are covered with
Guttenberg paper which has been monoprinted with water based inks. Each
book contains the individual story of an invented childhood game retold
by myself and my eight siblings and is printed on Arches BFK paper. The
text is printed using an Epson 2200 printer and archival inks. Each interior
page of text is over painted with watercolor pigments, repeating the designs
from the outside covers. Like a game of “whispering down the lane”
the details of the stories change with each re-telling of the story. The
length of the accordion fold in each book changes according to which sibling
is telling their version of the story. Dimensions: 19 ¾" Triangle
X 1 ¼." Edition of eleven. Created May, 2004. Added 04/21/06.

Earthbound: Dreams of Flight

Medium: Accordion fold book (opened) on flattened box container with
box top. Fourteen original collaged and painted linoleum cut prints depicting
dream inspired images using Arches watercolor paper as the substrate.
Prints are adhered to a black Arches cover paper using archival adhesive.
Pages one and two contain a self authored narrative about the relationship
between the creative process of dreaming and the creative process of making
art. This narrative is printed using an Epson 2200 printer and archival
inks. Box 6 7/8" x 6" x 7 ¼," Book 6 1/8" x
6 1/8" x ½” unfolds to 106.” One of a kind book.
Created April, 2005. Added 04/21/06.

Darrel Ross

This Altars Things...

These books that are part of a installation of an altar, illuminaria and three
cast paper, handmade paper wall icons. The books represent the codex of the
diety that is shown. They are all handmade pulled sheets made of grasses, leaves,
recycled paper, other natural fibers, with writing and small hand casted medalions.
They each rest in a found branch that holds them in a natural cradle. Added
04/21/06.

“Red Ghost”

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Jenny Hogben

'Corrida de Toros'

Bull Fight, called 'Corrida de Toros', using gauche, acrylic paint,
photocopied images, collage, coloured pencil and ink. The cover is padded silk,
with sequins. The image is of the front cover, and inside the front and back
of the book. Added 09/22/03.

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"BEAUTY"

By Steven Holt. Humankind's attitude and practices concerning
what is beautiful have always appeared at the forefront of every culture. From
one era to another, these ideas have varied wildly and changed and rechanged
time and again, producing some fascinating results for us to study. This 145
page miniature is 2 3/4 X 2 7/8 inches and 1 5/8 inch thick. Hard covered with
handmade paper and with a Peruvian shrine imbedded in the front cover. It also
has a feminine flurry of white bows along the
spine. Bound at Waterleaf Mill & Bindery by Patrice Baldwin and staff. This
is a signed and numbered edition of 50. Added 09/22/03.

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"RETURN TO PARIS"

By William Markiewicz. The author's amusing reminiscences of his days in Paris.
After returning, he finds things have changed... or not. Specially designed
cover paper over boards. 2 1/2 x 2 3/4", 44 pages. Pull-out tunnel inside
cover. Printed on Neenah Classic Crest paper in Elisia type. Bound at Waterleaf
Mill & Bindery by Patrice Baldwin and staff. This is a signed and numbered
edition of 55. Added 09/22/03.

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"Magdalene Laundries"

For 150 years the Sisters of the Magdalene Order in Ireland
ran profit-making laundries using girls who were orphaned or illegitimate, had
mental, emotional or discipline problems or who had become pregnant, even from
rape. Over that time more than 30,000 women were held against their will, given
numbers instead of names and used as virtual slave labor. This scandal came
to the attention of the public when 133 unmarked graves were discovered on convent
property that was sold. The last laundry was closed in 1996. In the hope that
nothing similar will ever happen again, this book focuses on that shameful history.

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Mary Taylor

"Book of Hours"

The inspiration for this piece came from a desire to reflect on the way of
the cross, (the last hours) while holding something in my hands, similar to
a rosary.

"Book of Hours" is a 14-page accordion fold devotional book in a
watch case. Both front and back, inside and outside, covers are embellished
with decal prints. The concertina coin style pages open to 2" x 28"
printed onto translucent paper and backed with silver foil. 2003. Added 09/22/03.

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Yehuda Miklaf

"The Picture of Dorian Gray." By Oscar Wilde.

I had just done a workshop with Philip Smith on feathered onlay.
I started with a gouache painting on black paper which I tacked to the wall
over the bench as a guide. Using all the little bits of leather that I collected
when paring, I put together over 800 of them to make up the picture of the 'ugly'
Dorian. I then made a solander case which I painted (mostly airbrush) with the
handsome Dorian. Then I made another protective box. Added 9/27/03.

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"That's Not the Way"

This is the first artists' book from Shalom Yehuda Press, my
private press. I wanted to set and print a book using chance operations (a la
John Cage). I chose a story from Cage's collection Indeterminacy and placed
the words on the page using chance. I gave the text to my friend Gary Goldstein
who drew around the words. I then printed his drawings and he hand coloured
each copy in the edition of 14. The binding is transparent vellum. I rendered
the vellum transparent and then glued to it a linocut print that I had done,
embellished with the footprints of my daughter Shoshi. I then dampened the back
of the print and peeled off the paper fiber, leaving only the colour, and used
it for the cover of a case binding. Added 9/27/03.

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Blemie's Will

Written by Eugene O'Neill to comfort his wife on the death of
their Dalmatian Silverdene Emblem O'Neill. This edition was published by David
Kotin and printed by Gelnn Goluska, and I chose to bind it for an exhibition
in Canada. It was my first transparent vellum binding. I painted the dog with
India ink and white acrylic and the butterflies (taken from the watermark in
the handmade paper) with ink and gouache. I painted over the whole thing with
a gray gouzche background. When I glued the vellum to the boards, the gouache
pigment kept the vellum from adhering and it had a loose feel that made me uncomfortable.
I removed the cover and threw the vellum into a bucket of water. The next morning
I removed it and dried it under pressure. The gouache was completely gone but
the colours on the butterflies had lightly stained the vellum, leaving a result
which was much more attractive than the original. Added 9/27/03.

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Justin S. Miller

"Bound"

Bound is sewn on three split leather thongs and covered with cotton cloth and
includes an inlaid print. This is a collection of fifteen 2" x 2.5"
intaglio prints of bound objects and animals. Each print is sewn onto the page,
and incorperates silk organza or cotton cloth sewn over or under the image.
The pages are then sewn together at the fore edge with a variety of techniques.
Added 10/3/03.

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Margaret Lammerts

"Ice-cream Book"

The ice-cream book was inspired by the dixie cup I had just
eaten and thought I could fashion the spoon into a spine. Added 10/20/03.

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"Wooden Books"

The other wooden books are made from Canary wood. They are small, maybe 4x5
inches. My other book with the wooden spine with "margaret" on the
spine was not sewn into the pages, but just spine, prior to binding. The original
idea didn't pan out... once the holes were drilled.... oh well. Added 10/20/03.

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"Red and Blue Books"

The red and blue books feature a hinge, which is fashioned first, prior to
sewing the edge. Handmade paper and some nice Japanese papers were used. Added
10/20/03.

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Dorothy Africa

The picture is of a medieval pocket calendar in runes from the
Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. It is small enough to fit comfortably in the
palm of the hand. The middle register shows Dominical Days (a system for the
days of the week), the top is for the lunar calendar and the bottom is Holy
Days.